.net - Xml Parsing Using Xmltextreader?
Dec 5, 2010
I am parsing some xml entries using the xmltextreader and looking for the elements I need by using different textreaders for each in a different loop as follows:
Dim treader As XmlTextReader = New XmlTextReader(New StringReader(item.ToString))
While treader.Read
If treader.Name = "summary" Then
content = treader.ReadElementContentAsString
[code].....
and I do the same for each element I am looking for. Now the problem arises when I get the results for each. I use an arraylist for each element and at times I will have an unequal amount like 100 for summary, 100 for title , 99 for id etc...is there a more efficient way of doing this by checking the entry if all the nodes are there and then just skipping it if it's not.
<entry>
<summary>
<id>
[code].....
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Mar 5, 2009
I would like to be able to parse vb.net code files, so I can examine the collection of Subs, Functions (and their contents, including comments), private variables, etc. I can be open the actual source code files. So for example, if I have:
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Jul 18, 2011
I'm trying to parse this XML for the values of puppies and kittens.
<Pets>
<Puppies>4</Puppies>
<Kittens>2</Kittens>
</Pets>
Here's my code
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On the first read, the element name is "Pets" and the Case Else gets hit. On the next read, the element name is "Puppies" and puppyCount is correctly set to 4.
But then it seems to skip over "Kittens" and go directly to the inner XML. What should I be doing?
EDIT: XmlReader is faster than other .NET parsers, but my files are small enough that it's probably not a benefit. Joe Ferner's tests. EDIT 2: There's a reader positioning problem in the original code.
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May 9, 2012
I've got a function api_request which takes API method as an argument, and returns XMLTextReader.
Shared Function api_request(method As String) As XmlTextReader
request_text = method & ".xml"
url = "[URL]" & request_text & "&access_token=" & token
Return New XmlTextReader(url)
End Function
I call this function from different places to make request to site API and depending on the method results are parsed very differently. So in each method I have something like this:
Dim s As Xml.XmlReader = api_request("users.get")
While s.Read
If s.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Element Then
If s.Name = "user" Then
[Code] .....
As you may see, I have the code ElseIf s.Name = "error" Then error_handler(s, "user.get"). This is because when error happens, server always returns something like this:
<error>
<error_code>4</error_code>
<error_msg>Incorrect signature</error_msg>
</error>
This is parsed in error_handler Sub, and depending on the error following actions are chosen. This code works, but I have to check if I encounter error like that ElseIf s.Name = "error" every time, though all the methods call the api_request function. Is it possible to check for error in api_request function before returning the Reader? The problem is if I start reading xml there, and there isn't an error, I can't anyhow position the Reader to the start.
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Jul 6, 2009
i am using visual studio 2008 using vb.net. I have opened an xml stream and am reading it using xmltextreader. So far so good. I am using the following code to parse the stream and to get an understanding of what it contains and how to use the info.
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Jul 1, 2011
I'm hoping somebody can help me with this... I am reading an XML file created from the server and all is good except that when I try to process the file it's always skipping one of the first child elements. And when I run a test with no processing, just a straight reader and looping through the elements, the 1st element is there. But as soon as I add a check to see if the node is an Element, it skips an "Attachment" element.Here's my XML:
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Dec 15, 2011
I'm trying to build a program updater based around downloading XML files from a server. The idea being that the servers XML file contains the current version number and installer location. the updater either gets dumped in the startup folder or gets installed as a service, etc. The program successfully reads and parses the current version xml file and it successfully downloads the xml file from the server.
However when I try to parse the newly downloaded file from the server I get the error:
'IOException was unhandled'
'The process cannot access the file 'C:Program Files (x86)TestServerVersion.xml' because it is being used by another process.'
The code is as follows with the error marked by a comment on line 52:
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml.XmlTextReader
Imports System.Net
Module Module1
[Code] .....
It's still work in progress but there's not much point in writing code to download and execute the installer if I can't work out the location of the new version. In case it's of use here is the XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<VersionConfig>
<AvailableVersion>2.0.0.0</AvailableVersion>
<ApplicationUrl>http://192.168.2.226/EPI/2.0.0.0/</ApplicationUrl>
</VersionConfig>
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Mar 16, 2011
I'm creating a vb.net winforms application that will take in user given strings, parse them, and print out labels with variable information. The given string will be used in all the labels, but the variable part of the string will change with each label.
My question is: is it better to parse the strings one time, then store those values in arrays, or to parse the string each time a label is printed? Which will perform better? Which is better practice? What is the proper way to test something like this?
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Nov 16, 2010
I am producing an XML file in my unit test using
Public Sub rssParserTest
Dim Const rssUri as String = "rssTestFile.xml"
Dim xmlFile = <rss version="2.0">
[Code]...
I want to remove the unit test dependency on a physical file and use a stream instead but my efforts so far have come to nought. (Is this best practise?)I am using NMock2 for mocking if I should be doing something with that.
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Mar 20, 2006
OverviewThe fastest way to read or write Xml documents in a linear fashion is to use the XmlTextReader and XmlTextWriter classes in the System.Xml namespace. If read- or write-only forward-only access is too limiting, however, the System.Xml.XmlDocument class provides the ability to easily modify existing documents (adding, removing, or modifying elements and / or attributes) and leverages the powerful search capabilities of XPath.
Getting StartedThe XmlDocument can load Xml from a string in memory, from a URL, or from a file path. There are two methods that enable this functionality: Load and LoadXml. To load a document from either a URL or file path, use the Load method. Following is an example of using the LoadXml method to load an Xml document from memory. (NOTE: we will be working with this particular document throughout this article)
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Mar 17, 2010
I'm trying to use an XmlTextReader to read simple XML data from a file I wrote using the XmlTextWriter class. I've very little experience with XML and reading/writing from it, so it's been a little struggle. The writing part went OK though, but I can't really figure out how to do the reading. All examples I found using google handled it all slightly differently, and none made it really clear what they were trying to read...I am storing the position, size and a filepath of MDI windows using this format:
xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<MDIForms>
<Form X="208" Y="95" W="424" H="277">C:UsersNickDesktopabc.plm</Form>
[code].....
obviously I cannot do what I want with this. I need to get the attributes in each element too, and I need to read multiple elements and do something for each element...
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May 5, 2011
I am currently facing an issue when i get response from webservice, after reading response in response stream i want to load this response stream using xmltextreader. but when Load(xmlTextreaderObj) is called, it raises an exception displaying that "Root Element is Missing". Here is code which am using.
Dim wResp As HttpWebResponse = CType(wReq.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)
Dim respStream As StreamReader = New StreamReader(wResp.GetResponseStream())
Dim Resp As String = respStream.ReadToEnd()[code]....
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Dec 2, 2009
while looping through a short XML file called from xmltextreader retrieved from a webservice, I'm repeatedly getting the error: The request was aborted: The connection was closed unexpectedly. it constantly dies a row or two from completing the parsing.here's my short code:Code:
'Get the principal-id for Group Dim url As String = "https://xxxxx.acrobat.com/api/xml?action=principal-list&session=" & strCookie xmlRead = WebRequestToServer(url) Do While xmlRead.Read If xmlRead.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Element Then If xmlRead.Name = "principal" Then strGroupID = xmlRead.GetAttribute("principal-
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Feb 29, 2012
how can i specify dynamically by using open file dialog box
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Apr 27, 2009
Been working on a function in my program that uses an embedded web browser to take the user to a certain website. In this case, I want it to search www.rhapsody.com for music tracks. The problem is, the parsing is all screwed up. The form can't send a multi-worded parameter.The function is like this:
ElseIf video = True Then
Dim temp2 = InputBox("Enter the artist and song title of the video you are watching, and Crystal Rain will try to find an audio version.")
WebBrowser1.Navigate("http:rhapsody.com/-search?query=" + temp2 + "&searchtype=RhapTrack")
End If
It puts the user input as a search query in the URL. This works fine for songs that are only one word. But when I try something like "I love you," it takes me to rhapsody saying:
Track Search Results: i%20love%20you
It's an annoying %20 parser thing in between each word. Is there a way to address this parsing problem? Somehow get the form to send the search to the web browser without the %20?
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Nov 25, 2009
besides still being a newbie to programming. I need to import the information from a xml document into a sql server 2005 database. I have spent the last week searching the web trying to figure out how to do this. From what I can tell I should either use a T-Sql statement or SQL Bulk Copy i'm using vb.net 2008 Pro as the application front end. Here is the Schema and a small part of the xml document.
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Dec 27, 2010
I have been parsing xml content using the xmlreader and cannot use the xml document but so far it works getting all elementcontent except for the attribute contents. I need to parse the link below found in the following entry;[code]
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Jan 3, 2012
IIf Function parse both the true part and false part while evaluating the expression.. Am i missing anything? Try this statement and let me know!!
Example:
Dim sample = ""
Dim result = IIf(String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(sample), 0, Integer.Parse(sample))
Exception = "Input string was not in a correct format."
Fix: Dim result = Integer.Parse(IIf(String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(sample), 0, sample))[URl]..
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Apr 11, 2010
I'm having some trouble putting the pieces together.First of all, I'm currently using the WebBrowser component, but would be plenty happy with HtmlAgilityPack if it had some decent documentation, but for a newbie as VB.Net, it's a rough road.
<h3 class="this-class">
<p><a href="file.html">Title</a></p>
</h3>
[code]....
What I'd like to do is grab all the h3's with the "this-class" class and stash them into an array (one in each array element).I'd then like to search through each one and see which has "And Another Title" - which I already have the code to do... I just don't know how to do the first bit.
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Jun 30, 2010
we are trying to use google to get exchange rate prices. they use a csv file which we get the code to go out and get.what im trying to do is pick the first line of the file and just use that. i have the following code but its not just picking the one line.
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Jan 26, 2012
I am trying to create a program in VB.net to help me fix broken computer systems by parsing log files. I have some ideas but I have only built simple programs previously. I have ideas how to do this but so far my attempts haven't gone so well.Specifically I can either import a txt type file or copy and paste the contents of a txt file into the program and then have it compare what has been posted to a good/bad list then it reprints out what is bad in color coding. Also if their is a way to update the file it uses for comparison by entering in a txt file that would be stellar.
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Apr 30, 2009
What is the simplest way to return the second part of an email address? eg: yx = somefunction(y); how do I get x to retur
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Jun 19, 2010
Okay, if someone gets to my website using something like the following address:
ww.mywebsite.com?FirstName='John'?LastName='Smith'
Is there a way that I can pull out the FirstName and LastName and assign to them variables to be used later?
I've looking around but I'm not sure what it's called so I don't know how to search it.
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Mar 28, 2012
I want to parse text from PDF file. Is this possible only with .NET framework? I was read about some libraries like iTextSharp or PDFBox. What do you recommend?
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Jul 2, 2009
I have the following XML (from an rss feed):
<item>
<title>Family Guy</title>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.hulu.com/family-guy#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fpopular%2Ftv%2Ftoday%3Fkind%3Dshows</guid>
[code]....
I am trying to find the value of <media:thumbnail url>. Right now I have an xpathnnavigator set up but if i need to use another method of parsing the xml, I can do that.
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Apr 7, 2010
I'm having a brain block on how I can make this happen.I have an HTML document, like below.
<blockquote>
<p><a href="file1.html">Hyperlink 1</a></p>
<p><a href="file2.html">Hyperlink 2</a></p>
[code]....
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May 28, 2010
what is parse / parsing I often see it used yet i can't reary find any reference on how or what parsing may do or not do. Anyone can explain what the parse method does and is intended for?
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Feb 17, 2009
In a perfect world my xml feed source would produce perfect xml ..that is not the caseam parsing an XML feed that sometimes has ampersands and dashes in the content that messes up my parsing.I've tried doing pre processing with find/replace to get rid of these characters but then I get another type of error
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Mar 24, 2011
So when I was getting a null value using selectSingleNode, I found that I needed to declare a namespace because I was using the xmlns attribute. My question is why I need to use a prefix when parsing the xml, if I don't use the prefix in the xml file itself? The reason I have the xmlns attribute, is because the receiving end of my xml output requires it. I would rather read it in from the base xml than have it hardcoded in the program.
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Jun 3, 2010
Dim myRequest As System.Net.WebRequest = System.Net.WebRequest.Create(url)
Dim myResponse As System.Net.WebResponse = myRequest.GetResponse()
Dim rssStream As System.IO.Stream = myResponse.GetResponseStream()
Dim rssDoc As New System.Xml.XmlDocument()
Try
rssDoc.Load(rssStream)
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Folks this is what I'm using to parse an RSS feed for the last updated time. Is there a quicker way? Speed seems to be a bit slow on it as it pulls down the entire feed before parsing.
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